Illegal Mexican migration to the U.S. appears to have increased substantially over the past fifteen years. Most illegal Mexican aliens migrate with the aim of obtaining better employment opportunities and higher earnings in the U.S. than are available in Mexico. The potential impacts of this migration on various U.S. interests, however, are not agreed upon by scholars in the field. In fact, little empirical data on illegal Mexican aliens in the U.S. have been collected, especially with regard to the economic incentives for their migration. This study is an attempt to obtain empirical data on illegal Mexican aliens who are employed in the U.S. The principle aim of this research is to describe a random sample of illegal Mexican aliens surveyed at Hood River, Oregon, where they were employed in agricultural harvest activities. Specific attention is placed on the earnings differential for illegal Mexican aliens in the U.S. and foregone earnings in Mexico as a measure of the economic incentive for illegal migration. The study finds that illegal Mexican aliens interviewed at Hood River generally conform to the demographic profile described in previous studies. but that the data on their earnings and expenditures are considerably different. Both wage earnings and living costs in the U.S. appear to be considerably higher for most illegal Mexican aliens than indicated by previous studies, and their differential between potential U.S. and Mexican earnings is substantial. Illegal Mexican aliens at Hood River had gross earnings of approximately six-times their foregone Mexican earnings by working in the U.S. for roughly the same period of time. By accounting for expenses that the illegal aliens face in the U.S., this amount is reduced to four-times their foregone earnings. The study concludes that considerable illegal Mexican migration will likely continue in the near future and that further research on other aspects of the phenomenon and in other geographic regions would be useful. Several specific suggestions for future research are also outlined. / Graduation date: 1980

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-115).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 259-275). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-239). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-239). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Inaug.-Diss.--Freie Universität Berlin. / Bibliography: p. 457-487.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 259-275).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2001. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-85). Also available online.

This study investigated whether high quality Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) relationships between farmers and farm labourers reduce the level of militancy that labourers will adopt during labour strikes. The study was conducted in the aftermath of the farm labour wage strikes which occurred between August 2012 and January 2013 in De Doorns in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, in which three labourers lost their lives. Purposive sampling was used to conduct semi-structured interviews across a spectrum of farmers and managers in De Doorns to construct eight case studies of the same event. The interviews were transcribed and analysed in order to test the propositions that were developed during the literature review. This study confirmed the existence of LMX relationships between farmers and labourers. The study further found that: labourers who enjoy higher quality LMX relationships with farmers may be less militant during labour strikes; trust is a critical factor in developing and sustaining high quality LMX relationships; the quality of LMX relationships influences the time required to restore the work relationships after a crisis situation; and the social context in which leaders and members are embedded will influence the quality of the LMX relationship. These findings have applications for the management of labour intensive industries in South Africa that could benefit from reduced militant behaviour during labour strikes. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / zkgibs2014 / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / MBA / Unrestricted

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